India's Kapil Sibal displays a low-cost tablet at its launch in New Delhi, India. (AP Photo)

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India plans to roll out the world's cheapest tablet computer next year. The $35 touchscreen device—that's one-14th the price of an iPad, notes the AP—is aimed at students, and the price could eventually come down to $10 or $20. The government still hasn't lined up a manufacturer, however. "This is our answer to MIT's $100 computer," says one government official.

"On the software side, it sports a web browser, PDF reader, office software, media player, multimedia input/output capabilities, video conferencing (it must have a camera, then) and remote device management capability—all of it open-source and Linux-based," reports Mashable. As for hardware, reports are all over the map. But the device definitely has a touchscreen.

anyone who has used a high end cell phone knows that the what the speeds can be n if the computer is a good capable one and serve some purpose and gives computer capabilities on the move it is worth a buy

SteveLee

Jul 24, 2010 9:43 AM CDT

Have you ever wondered why Laptop prices have not declined in the last five years? The average price is still around $599 as the manufacturers have increased the speed of the processors and the hard drives capacity. (Although most of use them just used for connecting to the Internet where the Service Providers connection limits the speed.) The i-Pad costs about as much as the "average Laptop" so Steve Jobs will start lowering the price in two years as he seeks to increase Apple's market share as he bigger plans for the Internet: http://www.flixya.com/post/brightlights/1989192/Apples_Plan_To_End_The_Free_Internet